My HP48GX purchased in 1995 is still going strong and I see no reason it won’t last another 30 years (unlike my body).
RPN FTW!
Cutlery from William Sonoma. Partner said she loved my kitchen for cooking because I had the best stuff. Now it’s our stuff.
A really good friend got me a Le Creuset dutch oven for christmas and I got another used one for relatively cheap and I really love them. I would never buy them new, but they are really well made and I’ve managed to bake some nice sourdough bread with them.
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Sometimes I feel like I could BIFL a sandwich.
I think we skew a little older than social media generally as a whole.
I’ve always assumed that the average user here is around 30 years old.
I have a decent camera setup, a Lumix S5 with the following lenses
Lumix 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6
Lumix 24-105mm f/4 Macro OISL
Lumix 50mm f/1.8
Sigma 100-400mm f/5-6.3 DG DN OS Contemporary
As it stands now, I have no plans to move from L-Mount, and if these lenses keep working, I will keep using them.
Virtually everything, only expecting another 5 years, tops. :(
Pretty much all of my music stuff (instruments, amps, pedals). I could maybe see myself selling some, or trading or whatever. But at least the physical instruments should last a long forever…unless some catastrophic event damages them.
My body
Very little of what is your body now will remain in a few years. That’s less terrifying than it sounds because we replace bits of ourselves on a constant basis. With every breath we lose carbon that may have been in us for years. Every bathroom visit contains not just food remnants but little bits of ourselves that have already been replaced and broken down.
About the only things that don’t get some level of replacement are our teeth and the floaters in our eyes.
I also choose this person’s body
Our body!
Oh great, another Borg drone, let me guess resistance is futile?
Lucky! Some of us live places that don’t allow you to own one of these
- Kitchen knives. No reason to replace them with others that would do the exact same thing.
- Cast iron skillets. Indestructable, will easily outlive me.
- Shemagh scarf. Oldest piece of clothing I have. I’ve had it for almost 20 years.
- Bushcraft knife. Indestructable, does everything it needs to and nothing else. No need to upgrade.
- Leatherman Wave. There are newer and better ones out there but it has sentimental value to me and 99% of the time when I need a multitool it’s either the pliers or screwdriver that I’m after.
- Yeti thermos mug. Can’t possibly imagine what new feature a mug could have that would make me want to upgrade.
- Kitchen knives.
Ditto. I have a couple I want to get as extravagant extensions to the collection, but very few I can foresee getting rid of. Even the old, heavy, no-name chef’s knife I inherited from grandma has a place as an impromptu machete for spaghetti squash.
- Cast iron skillets.
Again, same.
- Yeti thermos mug.
Hmmm. For me, it’s Zojirushi thermoses. We have two that we’ve had for over a decade each. There’s a rubber seal I always worry will wear out some day, but they both still look like new so maybe they’ll last forever.
I’ve seen knives break so I don’t imagine they will last the rest of my life but I don’t see any reason to replace them if they are still in good working order or reparable
The newer Leathermans aren’t better, their durability and build quality took a nosedive. If you have an old Wave, that’s the best Leatherman you’ll ever be able to own.
It’s around 20 years old, if not older. What’s interesting to me is that when I bought it, I hadn’t done any research - I just walked up to the Leatherman display at the store, fiddled with all of them, and the Wave was the one I liked best. Only 15 years later did I find out it’s one of their best selling models.
The only feature from the newer models I wish it had is one handed operation for the pliers where you can just flick it open like a pocket knife.
My collection of straight razors.
Most are made somewhere in the last century, some are even older then that. These have a theoretical lifespan as sharpening them will remove the tiniest bit of metal but as I have 100+ of them I think I will never ever have to buy a razor again in my life. Heck, even my children and their grandchildren will be able to use them. If they have the nerve and courage to use them that is.
Came here to say my DE razor that I bought second hand which was made before WW2. Still going strong and used every day.
Pffft, that takes too long. Real men shave with a belt sander.
My bicycle
Sadly nothing yet, maybe just a couple of T-shirts… Mainly because I had to move/relocate every 1-2 years for my entire adult life until now & had to sell/give/throw away anything I couldn’t bring with me every time I move
My accoustic guitar, I desperately hope, I love it way too much to ever be without it.
I have ADHD, so literally nothing is safe.
Same. Plus hobbies and interests change so there is always new stuff coming and old stuff going.
Same, but I have some hope for the 440 lbs anvil in the shed.
My Dutch oven. It cost a fair bit, but with a modicum of care it’ll last well my past lifetime.
